deacon bruce

I hope to tow a SMALL trailer and boat (see attached pic)with my 2011 Accent and want to install transmission oil cooler. Anyone have experience on this? Any general suggestions/comments? I know, I know warranty etc., but I did this years ago with a 1995 Honda Civic hatchback with no problems.

Visionz

You should be ok to pull that without a cooler. Will you be going up and down a lot of hills or will it be mostly flat and smooth? That boat and trailer look to be maybe a couple hundred pounds. Not different than driving around with 2 fat chicks in the back seat!

deacon bruce

Thot so, but wanted confirmation. Will need to watch brakes tho.

Stocker

I had a quick search and it looks like Hyundai have kept up their questionable practice (from the RD days at least) of running the ATF cooler inside the radiator. I recommend people install aftermarket coolers on RD ATF lins as a matter of course, and always observe the "severe duty" schedule of changing the fluid. Running the "cooler" lines through the engine coolant may work in theory, but burnt-brown hydraulic oil at 12,000 miles doesn't lie. The stock ATF cooler on the RD platform was inadequate.



If you're worried about towing your boar with or without fat chicks, change the oil before the trip.

deacon bruce

Maybe I'll do that. What is best location for oil cooler, and how do I find which line to attach it to? You have any pics or drawings to help?



BTW, I hope to tow a boat, not a boar. My daughter is an animal srights fanatic, and a vegan as well, and my wife would not approve of chicks in the back seat, fat or not.



Wish keyboards would cooperate and not change species from chicks to pigs. LOL(?)

Stocker

ha! I blame lack of sleep.



Anyways it's not rocket surgery. Put the cooler where it will get a bit of airflow.



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You'll need some hoses rated for use with hydraulic oil and a cooler. The better coolers will have some sort of thermostatic control, I'm not sure if there already is one on the transmission.



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Tibbi

You laugh but we did a tip with 5 adults from Atlanta to Tampa doing 85+ the entire way. It was a cramped ride, but the MC did it like a boss (way over the weight limit I may add.) The problem is doing this too often wore out the rear shocks really quickly.



I don't think you're going to tax the transmission too terribly unless this weighs more than a couple hundred pounds or as stated prior hills are involved. Fair warning though, the rear will sag a lot! You may want to upgrade the rear shocks. Also is this a Hatchback or sedan?

deacon bruce

Hatchback. I expect tongue weight to be 50 pounds or less. Why would this bother shocks?

Stocker

Fat chicks bother shocks more than 50lbs tongue weights. I'd worry more about driving well with the trailer attached, than about such a low tongue weight.